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Introduced by Jim Rosenthal

This week: news and personalities involved in the third round of matches in the Rugby Union International Championship - Wales v Scotland and France v Ireland. Plus the rest of the news at home and abroad.

A Radio Sport and OB production

Contributors

Presenter:
Jim Rosenthal

from routine with Barry Norman , Intrepid reporters and enthusiasts with ideas and advice on ways and means of spending your leisure hours, including this week: caravan holidays in Wales, ski-ing in Spain and insurance advice for DIY enthusiasts. Producer JENNY MARSHALL Editor ROGER MACDONALD
For information sheets, send a large sae to: [address removed]long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Norman
Producer:
Jenny Marshall
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

With a Roof Over Your Head
A You and Yours Special Mortgage interest rates are sky-high, council house rents rising and house building cut back. Where can you get a loan? Or a rebate? Are we heading for a new housing crisis?
Nancy Wise discusses the possibilities with Tony Durant ,mp,and Nick Raynsford , Director of SHAC. Ring in with your views and comments.
Producers WALTER WALLICH andMAGGIE REDFERN Lines open from
10.0 am
(Final prog: Sun 11.15 am) long wave only / until 12.0

Contributors

Unknown:
Nancy Wise
Unknown:
Tony Durant
Unknown:
Nick Raynsford
Producers:
Walter Wallich
Producers:
Maggie Redfern

The last seven days put in a questionable way by Barry Took to Alan Coren
Hunter Davies Nigel Dempster and Valerie Grove
Compiled and produced by ALAN NIXON
(Repeated: Mon 10.30 pm)
12.55 Weather; programme news: long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Took
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Hunter Davies
Unknown:
Nigel Dempster
Unknown:
Valerie Grove
Produced By:
Alan Nixon

The Rt Hon Dame Judith Hart , MP
David English
Dr Magnus Pyke and Graham Dowson from Cranfield Institute of Technology, Bedford Chairman David Jacobs
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers?, Thurs
4.15, to: Any Answersf, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Dame Judith Hart
Unknown:
David English
Unknown:
Dr Magnus Pyke
Unknown:
Graham Dowson
Unknown:
David Jacobs

From the drawbacks of deep-sea diving, to the sound of kamikaze ants-another magazine edition prompted by listeners' comments.
Introduced by Derek Jones Producer BRIAN LEITH BBC Bristol long wave only
Questions to: Wildlife, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Brian Leith

The Outcast by DOROTHY GHARBAOUI
' You're as touchy as be-damned. So you're an undischarged bankrupt? At least it's taken that awful responsibility off your shoulders. It's not the end of the world.'
' Isn't it - in our world?
Richard DENYS HAWTHORNE
Producer ROBERT COOPER BBC Northern Ireland long wave only
(Harry Towb is a National Theatre player)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dorothy Gharbaoui
Unknown:
Richard Denys Hawthorne
Producer:
Robert Cooper
Unknown:
Harry Towb
Braffney/Kilpatrick:
Mark Mulholland
Veronica:
Kate Flynn
M'Ateer:
Patrick McAlinney
Parks:
Sean Barrett
Savage/headmaster:
Barry Towb
bardley/O'neil:
Desmond MacAleer
Sue:
Maggie Shevlin
Graham/Bankruptcy master:
Allan McClelland
Jessie:
Susie Kelly

A practical and topical magazine for and with disabled listeners. Presented by Marilyn Alan
Reporter KEVIN MULHERN
Citizens' Advice Bureau Phone-in: Mon 2.0-4.0 pm [number removed], Ext 2531
Correspondence address: BBC, Broadcasting House, London WIA 4WW
Editor MARLENE PEASE long wave only

Contributors

Presented By:
Marilyn Alan
Reporter:
Kevin Mulhern
Editor:
Marlene Pease

adapted in two parts by MICHAEL FOSS from The Truce and If This is a Man by PRIMO LEVI
2: The Hard Way Home
Early in 1944 Primo Levi , an Italian chemist, a Jew, was deported to Auschwitz. Almost one year later the first Russian patrol came in sight of the camp, signalling a liberation which for Levi would take eight arduous months to realise. with LINDA GARDNER , CHRISTOPHER RAVENSCROFT , DAVID SCASE , HERBERT SMITH and PETER WHEELER
Directed by MAURICE LEITCH BBC Manchester long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Foss
Unknown:
Primo Levi
Unknown:
Primo Levi
Unknown:
Linda Gardner
Unknown:
Christopher Ravenscroft
Unknown:
David Scase
Unknown:
Herbert Smith
Unknown:
Peter Wheeler
Directed By:
Maurice Leitch
Primo Levi:
Kenneth Cranham
Cesare:
David Troughton
The Greek:
Wolfe Morris

Tony Lewis introduces a new series reflecting choral music in Wales.
This first programme visits Newtown in Mid Wales to listen to and talk about the Newtown High School Girls Group, conducted by JAYNE DAVIES Research by ELAINE WILLIAMS
Producer DEWI t. SMITH BBC Wales
(Repeated: Tues 8.30 pm) long wave only
(St David's Day Concert:
8.40 pm BBC2)

Contributors

Introduces:
Tony Lewis
Conducted By:
Jayne Davies
Unknown:
Elaine Williams
Producer:
Dewi T. Smith

with Bill Wallis
David Tate , Sheila Steafel David Jason and THE DAVID FIRMAN TRIO long wave only
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news: long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Sheila Steafel
Unknown:
David Jason
Unknown:
David Firman

by Frederick Bradnum
with Cheryl Campbell, William Fox and Pauline Letts

What's it like to lose your memory? You block out things you don't want to remember and letting things back into your mind is a painful process. But Frankie knows she's got to go through with it - however nasty the discoveries are, it's better than not being a real person.

Contributors

Writer:
Frederick Bradnum
Director:
Jane Morgan
Lady Jobson:
Pauline Letts
Sir Kenneth Jobson:
William Fox
Frankie Whelan:
Cheryl Campbell
Mrs Kempson:
Eva Stuart
Police sergeant:
Michael McStay
Gerald Thorne:
John Bott
Thomas Thewles:
Brian Carroll
Mrs Thewles:
Carole Boyd

Sheridan Morley re-plays and reflects on the movies, music, books, television, radio, plays and personalities from the nightly review of the arts - Kaleidoscope.
Editor ROSEMARY HART
Sheridan's Films: page 19

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheridan Morley
Editor:
Rosemary Hart

A six-part series, which takes you on a merry progress through London - prying into its secrets, its mysteries and its many surprises, in the company of Bernard Miles Illustrations unearthed and performed by The Barrow Poets 4: Crime
- being revelations of murderers, rogues, footpads and villains of every description!
Research by SYBIL HARPER Compiled and written by BARRY PILTON. Producer DANNY GREENSTONE

Contributors

Unknown:
Sybil Harper
Written By:
Barry Pilton.
Producer:
Danny Greenstone

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